Word: wonder
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wonder of the World. The need for a new canal is growing desperate. In the 50 years since U.S. Army engineers carved the present seaway out of the Panamanian jungle, the canal has proved one of the wonders of the world. Today some 50% of Japan's exports to the West pass through the canal; such South American nations as Ecuador, Peru and Chile depend on it for between 75% and 90% of their total imports and exports. But ships have slowly outgrown the intricate network of three lock systems that carry them across the hump of the isthmus...
...real life." One sure sign is that Christianity is not keeping up with the growth of humanity. In the U.S., 57% of the population claim membership in Christian churches. But the rate of increase for most denominations today is somewhat below the general population growth, and many church leaders wonder how many of their faithful are the occidental equivalent of "rice Christians"-those who would abandon their faith the moment membership involved real commitment or risk...
Behind the Iron Curtain, an atheistic authoritarianism has forced many churches back to the catacombs. In Western Europe, church leaders wonder how to evangelize post-Christian pagans for whom towering cathedrals are museums rather than centers of a living faith. Warns the German philosopher and publisher Gerhard Szeczesny: "One good salesman, endowed with a sufficient gift of gab and versed in the more recent theological adaptations, might well be capable
...patiently and watch their country slowly disintegrate for a political principle that to them is not only an abstraction but also an invitation to death and destruction. Now, against their will, these people have be come the pawns in an ideological struggle between the great powers. It is no wonder that, contrary to Buddhist teachings, violence erupted in this atmosphere of frustration and fear. We fail to see that Asiatics dislike our disregard for their ancient cultures. Expecting them to adopt our attitudes and political institutions can only lead to regression, which may violently alter the course of history...
...carefully nurtured, using a little psychology and politeness. The flood of propaganda printed in the CRIMSON and elsewhere seems only designed to convince the workers before they have ever been to the South that all southern whites are closed-minded, bigoted, evil, die-hard segregationists. It is no wonder the immature students are disrespectful and believe that the only way to accomplish their ends is through force rather than cooperation...